#65

Synopsis

At a mental hospital, a man shrieks about the Challengers, Cobra Canyon, and the Devil's Circus. The Challs fly to the remote canyon. A will-sapping ray drops the Challs. They're prisoners of Dread, a gigantic Frankenstein-insectoid alien and he drops them into his Devil's Circus, a giant ant farm. All escape, with Dread in pursuit. The Challs lead him into quicksand and then form a human chain to swing free. Dread sinks out of sight. Ace notes, "Ants sometimes band together to help each other!"

Notes

Reprinted from

• Showcase #6

Reprinted in

• Aventures Fiction #31
• Aventures Fiction #32— N&B et recadré/B&W and reframed
• Etranges Aventures #24
• Etranges Aventures #25
• Etranges Aventures #26— N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]
• Etranges Aventures #27
• Etranges Aventures #29

Credits

Script

Robert Kanigher, Jack Kirby, Dave Wood, Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

Jack Sparling, Kurt Schaffenberger, Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Sparling, Kurt Schaffenberger, Jack Kirby, Marvin Stein

Letters

Gaspar Saladino, Ben Oda

Editor

Murray Boltinoff

Blacks

Rosalind Kirby

Editorial director

Carmine Infantino

Illustration

Curt Swan, Mike Esposito, Irv Novick

Original editor

Jack Schiff

Plot, script

Joe Simon